Comment by lostlogin

3 hours ago

I’ve just checked the contract for the largest employer of techs (in New Zealand) and they only get 1.25X for night shifts. This is the rate at public hospitals. Private employers pay more and the penal rates are more aggressive - due in part to none of us wanting nights or weekends worked.

However that’s a bit meaningless as night shifts don’t exist. MRI is run as an oncall service and only acute scans are done at night - good luck getting a consultant to come in for anything less.

There are staff who like early starts (6am) and a smaller number who like to finish a bit later 6-9pm).

Techs are lucky enough to be in demand and if an employer pushes too hard, they’ll go somewhere that’s a better fit.

We only site 2 MRs next to each other, so savings are going to be minimal but we do see staffing advantages and less downtime. Coils scan swap between machines, one chiller can supply both MR scanners (just… be careful).